Liverpool have the option for an additional year on Van Dijk’s contract, meaning he is tied to the club until 2024 – by which time he will be 33.

Van Dijk won the UEFA Player of the Year award for his performances in Liverpool’s victorious Champions League campaign and believes the current side are only going to get better.

Liverpool are the only side with a 100% record in the Premier League this season (Getty)

Speaking earlier this season, he said: ‘I think the future looks pretty bright. We have a fantastic team with players that want to develop, that want to give everything for the team and for the club.

‘[There is] so much quality in the team; sometimes you don’t even realise how good [a group of] players we have—and also on the bench that want to play and be part of the team. So we have a fantastic future coming up.’